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7 Restaurant Management Tools for Maximum Productivity

7 Shifts

The role of a restaurant manager is always in motion. There’s always something else to get done, a new fire to put out, new fixes to make. All of that on top of the everyday tasks from scheduling to payroll to reporting can catch up to you. But there are a number of different tools to help you manage your restaurant—from single shifts and tasks to top-level overviews that show you the health of your business.

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Bar Inventory Best Practices: How to Prevent Overpouring

Sculpture Hospitality

In our last blog , we discussed how liquor shrinkage (also known variance) can have a huge impact on the profitability of your bar.

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Ghost Kitchens Are Taking Over the Foodservice Industry: Here’s What You Need to Know

Cheetah

Reading Time: 4 minutes. Stay tuned for the next chapter in our Ghost Kitchen 101 series! The restaurant industry is one of those most devastated by Covid-19. Thousands of restaurants have already permanently closed, and those that haven’t are left struggling to cover the rent with reduced revenue flows. It is easy to conclude that, with the growing demand for online food delivery, high real-estate costs, and thinning margins, the small restaurant model will become unviable in a post-Covid-19 wo

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Digital Solutions Keep Restaurant Doors Open

Modern Restaurant Management

Throughout her career, Ellen Linardi has been driven by the passion to build products that help small businesses hold their own against big companies.That desire fueled the Global Head of Product for Clover and her team to help restaurant owners struggling during the pandemic pivot operations and compete in the now digital-first world. In just three weeks, they created a native solution that allowed Clover restaurant merchants to enable online ordering for delivery or curbside pickup.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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CHEF – A PATH TO GREATNESS

Culinary Cues

The first question is always: “Do you want to be great?”, followed by: “Are you willing to put forth the effort to be great?”. Let’s assume that the desire to be great is innate – a desire that we are born with – a desire that can either be nourished or squashed. This desire is a spark of enthusiasm to accomplish goals, exceed expectations, know no barriers to entry, and reach for the stars.

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U.K. Delivery Giant Deliveroo Tacitly Admits That Its Business Model Relies on a Lack of Workers’ Rights

EATER

The food delivery company said making riders employees “could affect our ability to continue operating” [link].

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Successful Restaurants Leverage Their Digital Ordering Channels

Modern Restaurant Management

The last year has had a profound impact on both restaurant operations and customer preferences, resulting in permanent changes. The impact of the global pandemic has fast-tracked the restaurant industry's need for digital ordering, particularly for off-premises dining options. Research company eMarketer forecasts that by the end of 2021, there will be 44.1 million users of food delivery apps in the U.S., and up to 53.9 million by the end of 2023.

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20 Group Cohesion Strategies For Developing Teams At Work | GetSling

Sling

In today’s fast-paced, ever-changing business environment, implementing group cohesion strategies can mean the difference between success and failure. That’s because teamwork , cooperation, and unity are at the heart of all great teams. Whether you’re building a team for the first time or trying to improve unity in an existing team, use these 10 group cohesion strategies to help you get the job done.

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Everything Eater Editors Have Cooked in 2021

EATER

Bao Ong. All the recipes, from simple dinners to baking projects, that we’ve loved so far this year To sort through the noise of TikTok tortilla wraps and feta pastas , Eater has compiled a handful of the recipes — from blogs, magazines, publications, and cookbooks — that put the pep back in our pans this week, and which we hope will do the same for you.

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Does the ghost kitchen model suit your business?

Deliverect

Everyone’s talking about the advantages of ghost kitchens – purpose-built production units, also known as dark kitchens or virtual kitchens, that use data to optimize for delivery. They allow businesses to avoid front-of-house overheads, reducing costs while increasing revenue by reaching new off-premise customers. By the way, if you’re asking yourself, “What is a ghost kitchen?

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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Your COVID-19 Survival Strategy: Now’s the Time to Maximize Profitability

Modern Restaurant Management

Previously, we focused on how to persuade customers to trust that our restaurants are safe to visit. Now, we turn our focus to you. How do you successfully reenter the world of service, sales, and most importantly, profitability as we bounce back from COVID-19? Start with Your Menu. Assuming your operation was open at all during COVID-19, you probably removed a number of items from your menu.

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Bar Inventory Management: How to Reduce Liquor Shrinkage

Sculpture Hospitality

Bar inventory management is a crucial aspect in understanding exactly how your business is performing compared to your key performance indicators (KPIs). The insights your bar gains from accurate inventory reports can help to drive up the profitability of your business.

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How Maine’s Bangs Island Farm Harvests 7,000 Pounds of Mussels per Day

EATER

The complex operation includes floating farms, high-tech machinery, and “mussel sausage” In Casco Bay off the coast of Portland, Maine, a “mussel sausage” is made. Picture a sausage casing made of fabric, but instead of meat, it’s filled with tiny mussels attached to a rope. It’s called a mussel line, and it’s just one of the many inventive processes the team at Bangs Island Mussels uses each day.

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How To Use Clubhouse To Grow Your Business

Lady Boss Blogger

Clubhouse is a social media app that came out in May of 2020. Currently, it’s available to those with iOS and is invite-only. The app lets you join or create chat rooms that focus on a wide range of topics. Conversations are audio-only, and, similar to Snapchat, chats disappear forever as soon as they finish. […]. The post How To Use Clubhouse To Grow Your Business appeared first on LadyBossBlogger.

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What Your Financial Statements Are Telling You—And How to Listen!

Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker

Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.

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Contactless Ordering Isn’t Going Anywhere — Here’s How to Make the Most of It

Modern Restaurant Management

The pandemic has created unprecedented demand for online ordering platforms. Customer demand for delivery is 135 times higher than before COVID-19, according to Yelp. As a result, restaurants that have historically relied on in-person dining have either scrambled to create their own food ordering apps or have leaned on third-party services to do it for them.

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The Contemporary Roles of Women in Tea; Focus on Nepal

T-Ching

Introducing a new feature – a video interview with a contributing author. . A New View of Women In Tea. Growing up in Nepal (a very male-dominated society) in a household of 6 sisters, I realized my brother and my privilege as males early on. From simple things such as the kind of clothes we wore to the kind of societal norms we had to follow, it was quite distinct that I had a lot of advantages over my sisters even though I was the youngest.

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Dandelion Chocolate Workers Say Management Glossed Over Safety and Pay Concerns. Now They’re Unionizing.

EATER

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Where To Eat in East Passyunk, Philadelphia

Restaurant Clicks

East Passyunk is one of the best food neighborhoods in Philadelphia. While I may be biased as an East Passyunk Square resident, the restaurants in this area speak for themselves. On Passyunk Avenue alone, you can find foods of various cultures, with different dining atmospheres and different price points, so there’s something for everyone in this neighborhood of South Philly.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Viable Restaurant Strategies for Handling the Third-Party Paradox

Modern Restaurant Management

The cost of partnering with third-party food delivery services can be high, but the cost of not doing so could be even higher. Even before the pandemic, this insight was fast-spreading as small, mid-size, and large restaurant chains alike did their best to keep up with the trend, accessing the customers that companies such as DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats had made available.

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Restaurant Trends: What to Cash In On and Why

Indoor Media

Look, whether you love avocado toast or not, the trend came and conquered. Those restaurants that were able to cash in on the quick, millennial food made serious profits off a loaf of bread, so it’s important to take advantage of trends wherever you can. Adopting trends can often trigger a question of integrity. Some restaurants steer away from popular options because they don’t align with their brand voice.

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Make Lunchtime Field Trips a Thing With The Table

EATER

The Table in action | Zach Brooks. A trunk-size folding table and chairs made me a better parent — or at least a cleaner one Here’s how much I love lunch: I used to run a blog called Midtown Lunch , dedicated entirely to eating lunch in the worst New York neighborhood to eat lunch in. And even though I haven’t lived in New York in a decade, and the site hasn’t been updated since 2017, I still treat the weekday midday meal like it’s my full-time occupation.

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Best Sales Enablement Solution for Foodservice Teams

Cheetah

Reading Time: 3 minutes. Whether you’re managing a high-volume distributing operation, or a wholesale warehouse, chances are your sales reps are wasting time and losing money on poor prospects. On average, 50% of all sales calls end with no results. That means that half of your investment in a sales rep salary has zero ROI. There are many reasons why sales reps fail to generate as much profit as you’d hope.

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

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Don’t Be Chicken – How to Win the Chicken Wing Shortage

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM's "Ask the Expert” features advice from Buyers Edge Platform. Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com. Q: What are some go-to solutions for the chicken wing shortage? A : It’s been a year since the pandemic started and the world witnessed a shortage in toilet paper, hand sanitizers and grocery store staples.

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Business Partnerships – A Strategic ‘Food Focussed’ Approach

Future Food

Most industries and sectors are seeking ways to ensure the customer experience is enhanced and a lot of responsibility is being placed firmly on the shoulders of food and hospitality to achieve this. Future Food have seen where this can work in favour of businesses and where it can work to their detriment, and the difference often stems back to having a strategic ‘Food Focussed’ approach.

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What Is Fleet Management: Everything Business Owners Need To Know

Sling

If your business is looking for ways to cut costs and gain real-time control of its mobile workforce, fleet management might be the solution. It doesn’t matter if your business owns one vehicle or 100, a robust administration program will keep those assets in good condition and performing longer than they would otherwise. In this article, we discuss everything business owners need to know about fleet management in order to implement such a program into their existing workflow.

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10 Popular Appetizers Diners Are Craving Right Now

Restaurant Engine

You can draw your customers into the overall experience with your appetizer selection. People order appetizers at your restaurant for many different reasons. Some people simply want a smaller meal. They are controlling calories, and your appetizer menu is a good choice for them. Others dine with you because they love your appetizers. These folks may order several different appetizers in lieu of a main course.

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Arby’s ‘Beefs’ Up and SONIC Swag

Modern Restaurant Management

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Franchise Feed offers a glimpse at what's new in the restaurant franchise and MUFSO environment. Flynn Acquires Hefty Portfolio. Flynn Restaurant Group LP acquired 937 Pizza Hut® and 194 Wendy’s® locations throughout the U.S. from Kansas City-based NPC International, nearly doubling its restaurant count.

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Focus Introduces @Table

Focus POS

Increase Check Size, Decrease Overhead Expenditures with this Innovative Pay-at-the-Table Solution. San Antonio, TX – March 24, 2021 – Focus POS, a leading provider of restaurant management software, is excited to announce the Focus @Table solution. Focus @Table offers customers the ability to walk into a restaurant, sit down, order, and pay right at the table, all from the convenience and comfort of their mobile device.

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C.R.C. – 3 Words to Get Much Better Results

Ken Burgin

If your staff management, menu updates, and marketing is inconsistent, these 3 words will get you back on track. They create much-needed discipline in an industry that’s often ‘hit and miss’, and they also show staff and public that your business is professional and reliable. Calendar + Reminders = Consistency. And consistency is what makes the difference between smart ideas, and the implementation of them that creates results.

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How to Take Perfect Product Photos

Indoor Media

Today, more and more small businesses use social media to get their name out there. Filling out your profile may seem easy — you probably have many photos from over the years to show what your brand is all about. If you’re a new business, you might have invested in a professional photographer to help you capture your first round of content or menu photos.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.